Half to george forrest



(No Model.)

J. S. BARNEY.

' LoeK.

Patented Mar. 5, 1895.

/NVENTOH jan? (JCM-+6 Nitin STATES JOHN SPRAGUE -BARNEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FFCE@ HALF TO GEORGE FORREST, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,128, dated March 5, 1895. Application filed April 26, 1894- Serial No. 509,121l (No model.)

T0 ail whom it may concern.:

Beit known that I, JOHN SPRAGUE BAR- NEY, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Coat-Lock, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of devices which are adapted to lock coats and other articles so that the said articles cannot well be stolen; and the object of my invention is to produce a simple combination lock of this kind which is particularly adapted for use on a coat, although it may be used for locking other articles, which may be attached to the inside of a coat collar and worn without inconvenience, which may be conveniently locked to a hook or other hanger, so as to fasten the coat or other article to which it is attached, firmly to the said hanger, which may be instantly and easily unlocked by the person knowing the combination, and which has a simple combination, easily worked by one knowing it, but constructed in such a way that it cannot very well be accidentally worked.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a broken perspective View, showing the application of my improved lock to a coat and hook. Fig. 2 is a front detail elevation of the lock. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4.-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the lock tumbler. Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view, showing a modified means of fastening the lock to a coat collar. Fig. 8 is a detail side elevation of the modified fastening device; and Fig. 9 is a detail inside elevation of a modified but pre ferred form of lock.

The lock is provided with a fiat light case, made up preferably of two similar side pieces 10 which are spaced apart at the ends by blocks 1l and are fastened together by screws 12, but the case may be made in any suitable manner. It is open at its upper and lower edges and is attached to the inside of the collar 12 of a coat by means of lugs 14 which are fastened to the ends of the case and are made to pierce the collar on which they are clinched, butif desired the lock may be fastened in any other way, as for instance in the manner illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8, where the lock is provided with tubular rivets 15 having split prongs 16 which are adapted to penetrate the collar and be doubled over so as to fasten the lock in place.

A chain 17 is firmly attached to the case, as shown at 18, and tothe free end of the chain is fastened the locking bolt 19 which is adapted to be pushed through the case, as shown in Fig. 3, and this locking bolt is provided on one edge with a series of teeth 2O to engage the tumbler, as hereinafter described, and its free end is pointed, as shown at 21, to enable it to easily enter the lock case. It is pushed in behind the guide pin 22 and the teeth are adapted to engage the inner edge 23 of the tumbler 24 which tumbler is pivoted near the center, as shown at 25, and projects out of the case opposite the locking bolt so that when unlocked it may be moved by the ingers to release it from the locking bolt. It is held firmly in engagement with the locking bolt by a spring 26 which is secured to it and to the case, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

At the end of the tumbler 21 is a lug 27, which is on the side opposite the edge 23 and is adapted to enter the slot 28 in the disk 29, which disk is secured to a stem 30 journaled transversely in the lock case and having, at its outer end a pointer or hand 3l adapted to move over the numbers on the dial 32. It will of course be understood that any other characters may be substituted for the numbers on the dial, or a key lock substituted.

The disk 29 is set on its stem so that the slot 28 will register with the lug 27 when the hand 31 is opposite a certain number. Supposing for instance the lock is set on 8, when the hand is turned to the figure 8, the slot 28 will register with the lug 27, thus permitting the movement of the tumbler 24: and the insertion or removal of the bolt 19, but when the disk is in any other position it will bear IOL) against the lug 27 and Consequently lock the tumbler and bolt. It will of course be understood that Ithe disk may be set on any number of the combination.

When the coat is to be fastened to a hook 33, the chain 17 is thrown over the hook and the bolt 19 pushed into the case and locked in the manner described. The coat can only be removed when the hand 81 is turned to the correct number and the bolt 19 removed.' To remove the bolt for setting the combination right, it is necessary to tilt the tumbler 26 so as to swing the edge 23 out of engagement With the bolt.

The form of lock shown in Fig. 9 is preferably employed, and in this case the bolt 19 is used as before in connection With a tumbler 34, which is pivoted, as shown at 35, near the top, is thrown into engagement With the bolt by a spring 26, as already described, is provided With a widened central portion 36, one edge of which is adapted to engage the bolt and the opposite one the slot 28 in the disk 29, and has a handle or thumb piece 37 which projects below the lock and by which the tuxn bier is moved. The disk 29, in this form is provided with the slot 28 to receive a flange 38 on the tumbler and it is also prov-ided with a series of notches 39 in its edge, which permit the tumbler to spring slightly into them Without moving far enough to release the bolt, this arrangement serving to deceive a thief and make him think he has Worked the combination when, as a matter of fact, he has not, and in this way he is confused and cannot readily Work the combination.

I do not confine my invention to the precise form of lock shown, although the construction described is preferably used.

Having thus described my invention, I 4o claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A combined lock and garment suspender comprising a thin Hat casing, provided with a locking mechanism and with external lugs -device and a spring pressed tumbler pivoted in the case provided with a handle at one end extending outwardly through an opening in the case and provided at one side with a lug to enter the disk notch, and at its other side projecting into the bolt-Way, of a chain secured to the casing and having a notched bolt adapted to be inserted into the casing and 6o cause the tumbler to snap into engagement with its notched edge.

JOHN SPRAGUE BARNEY. Witnesses:

WARREN B. HUTCHINsoN, C. SEDGWIGK. 

